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November 19, 2019 LOUISIANA GOVERNMENT COMPUTERS KNOCKED OUT AFTER RANSOMWARE ATTACK
(Reuters) – Louisiana state government computers were knocked out following a ransomware attack, the governor said on Monday, as results from the close gubernatorial election in the southern state await certification. Many state agencies had their servers taken down in response to the attack, Governor John Bel Edwards said in a series of messages posted […]
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September 3, 2017 Windows 10 ‘Controlled Folder Access’ to Provide Protection From Ransomware
HIGHLIGHTS Certain apps can be allowed through the protection The new feature is seen in preview build version 16232 The new Exploit Protection feature is work-in-progress After WannaCry and Petya, it seems like Microsoft has realised the potential harm that ransomware can cause to its operating systems and its customers’ sensitive information. This might partly be the reason why the […]
COMPUTERS April 26, 2017 Newark City Hall computers hacked with ransomware
Some computers in the City of Newark have been infected with ransomware, rendering them unusable, and the hacker is demanding payment of 24 Bitcoin, or about $30,000 in ransom, according to a document obtained by TAPInto Newark and a city official with knowledge of the hack. The document reveals that that city computers were infected with RSA-2048 encryption, which […]
COMPUTERS August 2, 2016 Adobe Issues Emergency Update to Flash After Ransomware Attacks
Adobe Systems Inc issued an emergency update on Thursday to its widely used Flash software for Internet browsers after researchers discovered a security flaw that was being exploited to deliver ransomware to Windows PCs. The software maker urged the more than 1 billion users of Flash on Windows, Mac, Chrome and Linux computers to update […]
COMPUTERS July 12, 2016 Adobe Issues Emergency Update to Flash After Ransomware Attacks
Adobe Systems Inc issued an emergency update on Thursday to its widely used Flash software for Internet browsers after researchers discovered a security flaw that was being exploited to deliver ransomware to Windows PCs. The software maker urged the more than 1 billion users of Flash on Windows, Mac, Chrome and Linux computers to update […]
COMPUTERS June 9, 2016 Apple customers centered In First acknowledged Mac Ransomware marketing campaign
An Apple consultant stated the agency had taken steps over the weekend to save you attacks with the aid of revoking a digital certificates from a valid Apple developer that enabled the rogue software program to put in on Macs. BOSTON: Apple Inc clients had been targeted by means of hackers over the weekend in […]
COMPUTERS June 9, 2016 Mac Ransomware caught before huge quantity Of computers infected
An Apple representative stated the employer fast took steps over the weekend to save you furtherinfections through revoking a digital certificates that enabled the rogue software program to install on Macs. the first recognised ransomware assault on Apple Inc’s Mac computer systems, which was determinedover the weekend, became downloaded more than 6,000 times earlier than […]
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March 19, 2016 TeslaCrypt Ransomware Flaws Patched, Making It Impossible to Crack: Researchers
Fraudsters behind ransomware TeslaCrypt have patched the flaws that allowed victims to recover their files without paying them first. In fact, according to researchers, TeslaCrypt 3.0.1, the new version, doesn’t have any known flaws at all, making it “impossible” for anyone to crack it. Security researchers at Cisco Talos report that TeslaCrypt 3.0.1 comes with […]
ELECTRONICS March 14, 2016 First Known OS X Ransomware Spotted in the Transmission BitTorrent App
Apple Inc customers were targeted by hackers over the weekend in the first campaign against Macintosh computers using a pernicious type of software known as ransomware, researchers with Palo Alto Networks Inc told Reuters on Sunday. Ransomware, one of the fastest-growing types of cyber threats, encrypts data on infected machines, then typically asks users to […]
